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Helping Children, Youth & Families
The Time is Now!
Sometimes kids have trouble. Sometimes it’s ‘big’ trouble. Sometimes parents,
because of their own difficulties, cannot care for their children. This is where
Wood’s Homes comes in.
Wood’s Homes brings solutions.
We are committed to seeing that troubled children and youth do not fall through
the cracks of society by responding to the growing needs of children and families
with very difficult problems.
The work of Wood’s Homes is complex, but as we prepare for our second century of
service, we must meet the challenges head on with new and innovative approaches.
To this end, the Bowness Campus Renewal project will enhance family-centred care
and the Research Chair in Children’s Mental Health will grow knowledge in the entire
social services field.
Effective
Innovative
Family-Centred
These projects will bring us further than ever before and are critical for our
community’s youth and families.
Your support is too!
Jane Matheson
CEO
Wood’s Homes
Anthony Lambert
Campaign Chair
Wood’s Homes
Bowness Campus
Renewal
$7 million for completion in 2014
Wood’s Homes provides a safe haven and
healing place for countless young people and
their families who come in search of help.
The Bowness Campus:
• Is home to 32 youth every day.
• Hosts four intensive residential treatment
programs and a Specialized Learning Centre.
• Serves youth from Calgary and across Canada.
The Bowness Campus Renewal Project will
connect Wood’s Homes to the community
and build a bond between children and
their families by completing three projects:
the Hextall Building, the Family Centre,
and Outdoor Community Space and
Site Redevelopment.
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“Families come in many
forms. We have learned so
much from the thousands of
children and young people,
guardians and parents who
brought their challenges to
our gates. Now, we have a
plan for a campus that will
be built with their health,
wellness, safety and future
goals and dreams in mind.”
Dr. Jane Matheson
CEO Wood’s Homes
The new Hextall Building
The new Hextall building will:
• Be family and youth-centred.
• House recreation facilities for all programs on
the Bowness Campus.
• Expand clinical space to offer rooms for
working with youth and families.
Why this is important…
Wood’s Homes needs larger and more appropriate space to meet the needs of young people
with mental health challenges and issues of abuse, domestic violence, abandonment and
dangerous acting out.
The main floor of new Hextall building will be the ‘heart’ of the Campus – the gathering
space, the community centre. This area will help youth build a sense of belonging, friendship
and acceptance. They will develop boundaries, communication skills, and learn socially
accepted behaviours that will help them bridge back to their families and community.
Projected Outcomes for Bowness
Campus Renewal
Hextall Building
Once the Hextall Building is complete, it will
have a profound impact on the youth, their
families and the local Bowness community.
We believe that the creation of the building,
including a new multi-purpose room, the
Spiritual Room and additional clinical space
will change the culture of the Bowness
Campus and the youth who reside there.
Outcomes for the overall
Bowness Campus Renewal as a
result of the Hextall Building:
It will enhance a sense of belonging for the
youth, many of whom have never had
meaningful ties to home or community.
They will have the opportunity, through the
Spiritual Room to be in touch with, and/or
develop their own spirituality and have quiet
time for self-reflection. The building will also
provide additional training space for staff
ensuring they are learning about, and
applying, the latest research and best
practices to their day-to-day work with youth
and families.
2. We believe we will see at least a
20 percent reduction in the number
of youth who leave campus without
permission or leave treatment before
their expected departure.
1. We expect to see a reduction of at least
20 points and possibly beyond in overall
risk behaviours, over the course of
one year.
3. We expect at least a 10 per cent decrease
in the frequency and severity of substance
abuse and a similar decrease with
criminal involvement.
Every child deserves
a family.
Wood’s Homes has always been
committed to being the voice of families.
The Family Centre will:
• Refresh the family-centred care approach
allowing families to be active participants and
decision makers in the selection of services
for themselves and their children.
• Develop family structure and supports to
better serve youth.
Why this is important…
Currently, some of our far-away families must
find accommodation off campus when they
come for therapeutic visits, shortening critical
family connection time. This new facility will
offer space for families to visit together while
engaging in treatment, even accommodating
other family members – siblings, grandparents,
aunts and uncles.
The Family Centre will expand the ability to offer
whole family treatment and support. Additionally,
staff will be able to build relationships and
develop trust with the family, and observe and
support the interaction and communication
between family members.
The Family Centre
Outcomes expected as a result of the Family Centre
1. In 2012, there were 60 family visits from out-of-region and out-of-province families. By
providing a short-term place to live, there will be an increase in the number of family visits
and a cost reduction for local and national social service agencies that previously have had
to cover costs for hotel accommodations and other necessities for the stay.
2. We expect to see an improvement for 80 per cent of families – a decrease in relationship
frustration and an increase in family satisfaction and communication, based upon using two
outcomes measurement tools.
3. As a result of family involvement, youth will have the opportunity to improve faster. Increased
family contact and connections will not only encourage health and well-being for the youth,
but for the family as a whole.
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The new
Family Centre
Family-centred care:
Families are active participants and the decision-makers in the selection of services for
themselves and their children. The best outcomes for children and families occur when
collaborative, constructive working relationships, based on trust, honesty and open
communication, exist between families and professionals.
What makes families important in the process?
• Everyone is a member of one or more families.
• Family membership may last a lifetime.
• Problems are embedded in relationships.
• Understanding the context of a problem can provide clues to its resolution.
• Families play an important role in maintaining a problem, and families can be
part of the solution.
• One family member’s change (perhaps not even the client) can impact on other members.
Benefits of Family-Centred Care:
• Improved long-term health outcomes.
• Improved cost effectiveness.
• Improved youth, family and professional satisfaction.
Outdoor Community Space and
Site Development will:
“When children and youth
experience the thrill and
excitement that comes
from sports and activity,
the focus can change,
and so do the kids.“
Steve Howard
Recreation Co-ordinator
Develop multi-purpose sports areas for youth,
staff, and community members. Create friendlier
green spaces offering a more welcoming
environment.
Why this is important…
Our experience indicates that when children,
youth and families arrive on campus, they come
with many anxieties. It is important that they
feel immediately welcome and at home from
the moment they step foot on our campus. The
improvements will better connect our youth to
the community and provide a more tranquil and
natural environment.
Research Chair
in Children’s
Mental Health
$5 million in endowment or
$250,000 annually
In the field of social work, we know what
works, but we often don’t know why.
Our goals are:
• To enhance the existing body of
practical and applicable knowledge
in the children’s mental health field.
• To develop new, innovative and
evidence-based interventions that will
further help children and their families
with the far-reaching effects of mental
illnesses of all types.
By achieving these goals we will create
longer lasting interventions for all those
working in the field of children’s mental
health and especially improve care for
children and their families.
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Knowledge gained and interventions implemented
from research will provide personal benefits for
children and their families, social benefits for
communities and economic benefits in the future as
these children grow up with the life skills required
to attain jobs, enhance their education, and build
healthier lifestyles and families of their own.
The proposed Research Chair in
Children’s Mental Health will be
unique in two fundamental ways:
1. Situating the Chair in a Faculty of
Social Work in partnership with
Wood’s Homes bridges academic
research and education with
service delivery.
2. The Chair will lead research that
focuses on practice - combining
theory and testing with action and
intervention. This work will lead to
new strategies that improve overall
outcomes and can be shared with
the community.
Why this is important…
The entire children’s mental health community, parents and/or caregivers,
and the community at large will benefit from this research initiative by:
• Having access to information about best practices in addressing
children’s mental health.
• Learning about research practices and outcome measures.
• Sharing results and experiences with policy-makers, other agencies,
academic institutions and the general public at the provincial and national level.
• Offering families and caregivers the opportunity to learn new skills that can be
implemented with children to enhance relationships and communication.
Wood’s Homes Key Facts
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NUMBER OF PROGRAMS OFFERED
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COST OF CALLING OUR COMMUNITY
RESOURCE TEAM WHEN IN CRISIS
NUMBER OF CRISIS CALLS EACH YEAR
NUMBER OF VISITS TO EXIT YOUTH
SHELTER BY HOMELESS YOUNG PEOPLE
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AT 1/3 THE
COST OF HOSPITAL-BASED PROGRAMS
Serving children, youth and families in
NW: 2,781
Calgary Clients Served: 10,550
Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2012
NE: 2,221
SW: 2,634
SE: 2,914
Other Alberta Clients Served:
1,285
Jan.1 – Dec 31, 2011
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Calgary, across the province and country.
Clients from Canada Outside Alberta: 118
Wood’s Homes
Jan. 1 – Dec 31, 2011
Clients from Canada (excluding Alberta)
Clients from Canada:
(Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2010)
79
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Care and Aftercare
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British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
New Brunswick
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Nova Scotia
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
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Program Areas:
Intensive Residential
Community Based
Residential
Crisis & Counselling Services
Shelters
Trailcross Treatment Center
Wood’s Homes works with more than 20,000 vulnerable children, youth and families
every year. They come from Calgary, various parts of this province, and across Canada
(as you can see by the maps on these pages). Helping people from faraway places
brings some unique challenges: Clients who have completed their residential treatment
often face tremendous pressures once they return home, and fall into old habits. They
lack the kind of structure and support received while in our care. To this end, Wood’s
Homes initiated a program in 2010 (the first and only one of its kind to date) called
Aftercare. Staff now escort clients back home, post-treatment; to find positive mentors
in the community and build relationships with foster families and/or other placement
agencies. Our research shows these connections make for a smoother and far more
successful transition.
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The
Campaign Cabinet
Anthony Lambert - Chair
Sinopec Daylight Energy Ltd
Kerry Lyons
Muirfield Resources Ltd.
Rick Giammarino
Genivar Inc.
Paul Moynihan
Rothschild (Canada)
Securities Inc.
Robert Hayes
BMO Bank of Montreal
Heather Heasman
Chair, Wood’s Homes Foundation
Cliff Howe
Spencer Stuart
Doug Ramsay
Calfrac Well Services
Kirby Wanner
Blue Buffalo Enterprises
Wood’s Homes Society Board Members
Kim Hubick - Chair
Questor Technology Inc.
Heather Heasman
Chair – Wood’s Homes Foundation
Scott Doupe - Vice Chair
Conroy Ross Partners
Barbara Murray
The Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd.
David Arthur
Global R&D and Government
Incentives Deloitte
John Pearce
Alberta Health Services
Eric Axford
Suncor Energy Inc.
Terry Cotton, Past Chair, Foundation
Community Volunteer
Dan Dunlop
ATCO Pipelines
Mark L.P. Ferguson
Loudwater Capital Corp.
Lisa Fleck
Chair - HR Committee
Collin Harris
Calgary Police Services
Carla Robinson
LCR & Associates Inc.
Dr. Peggy Rodway
University of Calgary
Doug Rogan
Professional Engineer – Retired
Gayla Rogers
University of Calgary
John Stankiewicz
CA (Ernst & Young) - Retired
Terry Schmaltz
Business Planning & Process Specialist
Wood’s Homes Foundation
Board Members
Heather Heasman – Chair
Community Volunteer
Terry Cotton, Past Chair, Foundation
Community Volunteer
Katherine (Kata) Acheson
Royal Bank of Canada
Doris Dunlop
Community Volunteer
Neil Gregory
Richardson GMP
Robert Hayes
BMO Bank of Montreal
Ernie Kapitza
Banker (TD) – Retired
Pamela Kazeil
Sinopec Daylight Energy Ltd.
Kerry Lyons
Muirfield Resources Ltd.
Scott McLeman
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
Dallas Paquette
Gienow Windows & Doors
Kevin Screpnechuk
Screpco Investments Corp.
Mission
To promote and assist the development and well-being of
children, youth and families within their community.
Vision
Locally and nationally known and respected as a centre of
excellence for child and family treatment, research and training,
a workplace of choice and leader in the development of
innovative service choices.
For more information contact:
Karen Karpuk, Director of Development
[email protected]
Phone: 403.270.1724
Gail Burton, Senior Development Officer
[email protected]
Phone: 403.270.1797
www.woodshomes.ca
Registered Charitable Number
# 891849218 RR0001